Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23

man shaking a sagacious head beside the
body. 1t was to this nc feared that he was
driving; in the midst of this he saw himself |
arrive. heard himscS stammcr faint cXplana-
tions and felt the hand of the constable upon
his shoulder Heavens! how lie wished lie had |
PLAYED the manlcr part; how he dcSpised |
himself that he had fed that fatal neighbOr- |
hood when all was quiet, and should now bo |
ta1ncly travelling back when it was throng- |
ing with avengers!
ANY strong degree of passion lends, even to
the tluYest, the forces of the imagination. |
And 40 now as he dweH on what was prob |
ably awaiting him at the end of this distress
ful drive-John, who saw things little, re
mcnbered them less, and could not have
described them at all, beheld in his minds
eve the garden of thc lodge, detailed as IN
map: he went to and fro in it, feeding his
terrors, he saw the hollies, the snowy borders,
the paths where he had sought Alan the high
convcntual walls, the shut door-whatl was
the door shutl Ay, truly, he had shut it
shut in his money, his escape, his future life
shut it with these hands, and none could
now open it, He heard the snap of the spring
lock like something bursting in his brain, and
sat astonished.
And then he woke again, terror Earring
through his vitals. This was no time to- bc
idle: he must be up and doing; he must think.
orco NJ the end of this ridiculous cruise, once
~ tbo Iodre door there would he nothing for
IL b,1t 70 t1rn the cab and trunde back again
Why then, go so far! Why add another
feature of suspicion to Il case already so sug-
,ro.t;,.os WHY not turn at once! 1t was easy
TO say turn but whithcrG He had nowhere
now to go to; he could never-he saw it in
letters of blood-he could never pay that cab;
ho ,,,s e,ddiod with that cab forever. Oh,
.l,ot ,,t,r lie sorl veorned and burned. and
,,is tou,ois sonn1cd 70 i've rid of it. He forgot
an othor cares He must first quit himself of
,lis III s,,,olli,,c, vehicle and of the human
fdas+ ,l,ot criJod it-frst do that: do that.
=, looe+. 10 +bot o+ onco
Al met ,bo,, tho cab suddenly stoned
,,,{ tIo,o ,,.,e his norsocutor raining on the
.,,,+ ,,1oss Tob,, LOFT If down. and beheld
tho ,,nIt wine colntenance innamed with III
,anIat,,al +,.i,,,,,h
81 l.,,, vim va o,o,'' cried tho husky voice
at wind We now Yc'ro n Nicholson. [
ar,,.n,,n TO I4,,miston to n Christmas party.
n,d ,o ,o,,,o b,cl. on tho hox. and | let We
dr;1.o.
Il is q f,c+ rohn know. the man. they had
,o, ,,,-o,, fr;onds His enemy he now re-
,,r,,>,,,J ,,.oe g, fa1lo,y of ,rreat GOOD nature
IT. ,,,,,I ,',t,ro- With a bo,.. why not
,v,,I , man, Why NOT auuoll to his better
sid,I He crashed at the, new hope.
'l.,.,,, G,,,r.I and -, ,,u did he cried. as
+ror.,.,,.t. M d,lirbt his voice sound
, f,l., j., III. ,,,,, o.,.s ..Vcll if that's So.
Ifo,.o hin,r tn say to Won. I'll lust get
49, cr,,oe. Where ore we. any waves
Tho drive. bod euttorod his ticket in the
.,.,, ~ tl,. Lr,u,b toll l,eener. and they were
-, l,o,,,,I,t f., ~, tho birhost and most sol
,,,,., 80 +l,o l,,,rood On tho left a row
Go,iIe;,l, ,,.o.. beeLadel if. on the RIGHT if
l,,,.',l,oI l,,. rol,ed fellows rndulatinr
n-,hiu 10 t,o o,,oonsfor,.v rood. in front.
,,..+ar,l,i,,. Iii roisod its snow bedalblod.
lanl.Ii,,t, ,.nod, AGAINST t,o sl;v. John looked
On ahn,,t hin, Gr,rlin, the clear air like
'@;,,,,. t}o,, hi. owe. r,-urned to the cabman's
Coz. os br so+ moi unrleefullv. AWAITING
T,I,,.. communication. with the air of enc
l,ol,;rc, IN Ictinno1.
Tho fo,tur.s Of that face were hard tc
~..,J dri,l. had So swollen them. drink had
20 ,1i,,.d ,hon, in tints that varied from
h,;.l, rod to mulberry The small gray eve.
hli,I.cd fro Inns moved. with greed: cree,
,,, ,b, ,,+i;,,, tos.io,,. and thourh thrr,
,vos some Good naturc some genuine kindi
,oes . +,r,n human touch. in the old topcr
~; r,,,,I ,,.o. ,.,,, ca set afire nv hone. that
IA otho, tra;r. Of character Law dormant
HIT tbora a monument of Cluttonous de